The Vayu Purana Part 1

The Vayu Purana Part 1 PDF Author: G.P. Bhatt
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120839048
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 522

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The Vayu Purana Part 1

The Vayu Purana Part 1 PDF Author: G.P. Bhatt
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120839048
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 522

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The Garuda Purana Part 1

The Garuda Purana Part 1 PDF Author: J. L. Shastri
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120838793
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 460

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The Narada-Purana Part 1

The Narada-Purana Part 1 PDF Author: J. L. Shastri
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120838823
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 517

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The Brahmanda Purana Part 1

The Brahmanda Purana Part 1 PDF Author: J.L. Shastri
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120838890
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 472

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The Kurma-Purana Part 1

The Kurma-Purana Part 1 PDF Author: J.L. Shastri
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120838874
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 385

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The Padma-Purana Part 1

The Padma-Purana Part 1 PDF Author: Dr. G.P. Bhatt
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120839064
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 454

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Puranas (In 19 Vols.)

Puranas (In 19 Vols.) PDF Author: Dipavali Debroy
Publisher: Low Price Publications
ISBN: 9788173860270
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Retold in simple language, underlining importance of each Purana, with a lucid summary.

Cultural History from the Vāyu Purāna

Cultural History from the Vāyu Purāna PDF Author: Devendrakumar Rajaram Patil
Publisher: Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 384

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The Agni-Purana Part 1

The Agni-Purana Part 1 PDF Author: J.L. Shastri
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120838947
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 330

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The Bhagavata-Purana Part 1

The Bhagavata-Purana Part 1 PDF Author: J. L. Shastri
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120838742
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 552

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The Purana is a class of literature that treats of ancient religion, philosophy, history, sociology, politics and other subjects. It is an Encyclopaedia of various branches of knowledge and ancient wisdom. It has been defined as a class of literature that contains material on the topics of Creation, Dissolution of Manus, Ages of Manus, Genealogies and the History of glorious kings. For dealing primarily with these subjects it has been called Pancalaksana a little that was incorporated in the Puranas themselves and had become popular by the Fifth Century A.D., for it was included by Amarasimha in his lexicon 'Amarakosa'. But as the process of interpolation continued, the Pancalaksana definition was found inadequate. The Puranic redactors adopted a Dasalaksana definition that suited the contemporary text. Still, the dynamic forces were at work and the process of insertion, modification and abridgement went on and it was soon discovered that the Dasalaksana definition too fell short of an actual fact. It was found that the Puranas contained certain aspects that were not covered by any of the five or ten characteristics. Besides some of the characteristics covered by the Pancalaksana or Dasalaksana definition were not found in certain Puranas. In fact, the Purana as a class represents the different phases and aspects of the life of diverse ages. It is impossible to adopt a standard definition for the class of literary composition that contains heterogeneous phases and aspects. Moreover, a definition framed on the numerical basis of points is bound to be imperfect. The Puranas are divided into two classes the Mahapuranas and the Upapuranas. Each class consists of eighteen Puranas. Thus the number of the Puranas is thirty-six.